First edition. Extra-large 8vo. xx, 181 pp. 51 figure drawings, index, 153 photographic plates (double sided) on glossy paper. Red gilt-stamped cloth, dust-jacket; jacket rubbed else fine. Rare. Profusely illus. with "over 200 plates and drawings from relatively inaccessible. . . sources." A valuable resource for the "economic historians interested in the development of a very important class of modern capital goods," that is machine tools from the 16th century to their historical maturity in the early 20th century. – Book review by Nathan Rosenberg from The Journal of Economic History / Volume 29 / Issue 04 / December 1969, pp 816-816. First Edition.